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Source: Sustrans 17.06.22
Sustrans have partnered with Bosch eBike Systems to introduce electric bike charging stations on National Cycle Network routes across the UK. The charging stations will give e-bike riders the confidence to take long distance trips across the British countryside.
The charging stations are known as PowerStations and are placed in key locat
Source: Youth Sport Trust 20.06.22
Thousands of schools, young people, parents, politicians, and businesses up and down the country will be raising awareness of the vital importance of PE, sport and play as National School Sport Week returns (20 to 26 June).
Evidence shows that unhappy and unhealthy children don’t learn well. Through its new strategy the Youth Sport Trust is working to bui
Source: NCSEM June 22
https://www.ncsem-em.org.uk/events/male-vs-female-football-in-europe/
https://www.ncsem-em.org.uk/male-vs-female-football-in-europe
This public lecture will be delivered by Professor Paul Downward, Professor of Economics at Loughborough University, on Tuesday July 12th at 5:30pm. Timed to coincide with the UEFA Women’s EURO taking place in England this summer, the talk will discuss the wellbeing, health and social values of male versus female football in Europe.
In recent
Source: Activity Alliance 07.06.22
https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/how-we-help/research/annual-survey
National charity Activity Alliance is calling for greater priority for disabled people as the country recovers from the pandemic. The leading voice for disabled people in sport and activity have released their latest Annual Disability and Activity Survey. It highlights the w
Source: Durham University June 22
https://durhampsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8jFaVxrJBiIwqHk
Physical activity can have a wide range of benefits, but participation in physical activity in school is lower for autistic students compared to non-autistic students. The project is looking to involve PE teachers and reflecting on their experiences of teaching autistic students in school. The research is being done by the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development at Durham University; they
Source: Activity Alliance 30.05.22
https://www.activityalliance.org.uk/how-we-help/research/annual-survey
Activity Alliance Annual Survey was launched in 2019 to provide a greater understanding about disabled people’s attitudes towards and involvement in sport and physical activity.
More than 1,800 disabled and non-disabled adults aged 16+ took part in the largest survey of its kind,
Source: UK Active 02.06.22
A coalition of leading bodies in the physical activity sector has written to the Government calling for urgent support to save leisure facilities from going under as they face a rise in energy costs of up to 150% on last year.
ukactive, the Local Government Association, the Chief Cultural and Leisur
Source: UK Active 06.06.22
ukactive and Nike have launched the Open Doors Blueprint, a new guide which has the potential to unlock the UK’s school sport facilities, giving every child and young person access to activities and food outside of school hours.
The blueprint is based on the Open Doors programme, which was designed with Nike and forms part of ukactiv
Source: Sport England 02.06.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/girl-can-publishes-guide-recruiting-female-volunteers
The award-winning This Girl Can campaign has published guidance on how to boost female volunteer numbers in the sport and physical activity sector.
Marking Volunteers’ Week, the ‘Guide to recruit and retain female volunteers’ highlights key principles and learnings in how to avoid what Sport England has found is a common problem – attracting and retaining female volunteers.
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Source: Sport England 04.06.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/jubilee-activity-fund-gives-out-more-ps4-million
Sport England’s Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund has committed more than £4 million of National Lottery funding to more than 650 organisations since its launch in January.
The fund, which is still open, was created to mark and help celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee year by supporting projects that bring a community together and provide opportunities for people who may be
Source: British Blind Sport 25.05.22
https://britishblindsport.org.uk/new-guide-for-rehabilitation-workers/
https://britishblindsport.org.uk/educationandresearch/education
British Blind Sport has announced the launch of a new guide for vision rehabilitation workers who support blind and partially sighted adults through physical activity. The resource was created in collaboration with British Blind Sport, Rehabilitation Workers Professional Network, Visionary, Metro Blind Sport, The Wilberforce
Source: sportstartshere.com May 22
Free resources and football equipment provided with Monster Kickabout
Monster Kickabout is a nationwide Primary School football initiative from Sports Direct and Nike, created to encourage more children and young people to take up football, with free resources and football equipment provided to help teachers host a week of football fun.
Their goal is to help put the ALL back into football. They want ALL kids of ALL genders and ALL abilities to find their reas
Source: Youth Sport Trust 26.05.22
https://www.youthsporttrust.org/news-insight/research/pe-school-sport-the-annual-report-2022
New research from the Youth Sport Trust, conducted by YouGov, comes as the charity looks to National School Sport Week 20-26 June, when it will be championing a place for every child in sport and encouraging schools to focus on physical activity and sport env
Source: MDPI 24.05.22
https://www.mdpi.com/2079-8954/10/3/69
Whole systems approaches are increasingly being advocated as a way of responding to complex public health priorities such as obesity and physical inactivity. Due to the complex and
adaptive nature of such systems, researchers are increasingly being embedded within host organisations (i.e., those which facilitate the whole systems appr
Source: Diabetes UK 20.05.22
https://www.diabetes.org.uk/about_us/news/5-steps-to-diabetes-prevention
For this year's Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week (23-29 May) Diabetes UK shares five steps to prevention, which are designed to help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes. Currently 2.4 million people in England are at elevated risk of developing the disease.
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week raises awareness of the seriousness of the condition, the risk of developing it, and ways to help reduce th
Source: Activity Alliance 18.05.22
Teachers across England will have access to resources for inclusive PE through the Inclusion 2024 inclusive education hub. It is created in partnership by Activity Alliance, Youth Sport Trust and Department for Education. The aim of the hub is to support more teachers responsible for PE and school sport to engage more disabled students. The impact w
Source: Sport England 17.05.22
https://www.sportengland.org/news/partner-toolkit-girl-can-x-strava-partnership-published
Sport England has published a toolkit to help partners get involved and support women in their local area to get moving again, ahead of the launch of This Girl Can and Strava’s ‘Make Your Comeback’ campaign.
The partnership with Strava launches to consumers later this month and will see the Make Your Comeback and This Girl Can Club introduced on the fitness tracking platform
Source: ISEH May 22
Dr Flaminia Ronca and Professor Mark Hamer at the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health (ISEH), recently published research investigating whether a single bout of intense exercise could improve brain activity in the pre-frontal cortex in participants who exhibit depressive symptoms.
One hundred and six adults completed a series of executiv
Source: NCSEM 24.05.22
A targeted health programme, including health education sessions, Fitbits and lorry cabin workouts, can improve the activity levels of long-distance heavy goods drivers in the short term – according to new research led by Loughborough University.
There are approximately 300,000 heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers in
Source: sustrans 14.05.22
The Department of Transport has announced a £35 million continuation of funding to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of the National Cycle Network, alongside additional vital funding for active travel across England.
This funding will create new routes and improve existing ones, better connecting communities and making it easi
